Physiology of the escape rhythm after radiofrequency atrioventricular junctional ablation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1085-1092

  Shepard, Richard K ^a   Natale, Andrea ^b   Stambler, Bruce S ^c   Wood, Mark A ^a   Gilligan, David M ^a   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a,d  

^a HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; AV junction ablation; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE; LIDOCAINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ADENOSINE; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; ATROPINE; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; LIDOCAINE; MALE; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0031957575     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00154.x     Document Type: Article

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